EP 178: Living with a Grieving Heart with Marianne Bette

Soul Sister Conversations

Today we are talking about grief. Marianne Bette has been a family physician for 40 years. Not only has she counselled patients through mourning, she has navigated many losses herself including the loss of two husbands. She is author of "Living with a grieving Heart," a memoir, which is a guidebook to help people on the grieving process. I love Marianne’s perspective on grief, her attitude toward life and the connectedness that she gets as a physician between mind, body, and spirit. We have a warm conversation today around grieving and there's a lot of life lessons in there too. -- About Marianne Bette: -- Dr. Marianne Bette has survived tremendous grief, experiences that helped her when, as a family practitioner, her patients would ask for her help confronting their own difficulties. When Bette was a young doctor, her fiancé died in a small plane accident. Years later, she married and her husband died of lung cancer. In her 40-year career as a family practitioner she counselled mourning patients and their families. Bette, who describes herself as a "grief warrior," shares her experiences in Living with a Grieving Heart, a how-to book that will comfort and guide all those who have suffered terrific personal loss. She offers stories from her own personal experiences with grief as well as from her career in family medicine, to help those who are grieving learn how to embrace life again while living with a grieving heart. “I wanted people to get a feeling for the whole process and to give them encouragement,” Bette says. “So many people are grieving now especially because of COVID and drug overdoses. I’m hoping this will help people to carry on and get through. You don’t have to carry that grief around.” Living with a Grieving Heart, from Emerald Lake Books, is Bette's second book, following Living with a Dead Man, a memoir based on how she and her daughters faced her husband Thom's final year of illness. Connect with Marianne Bette: Website: https://emeraldlakebooks.com/living-with-a-grieving-heart/ Instagram: @bettemarianne Facebook: Marianne Bette